This salad size plate with the dark blue transfer view of Trenton Falls is part of the Enoch Wood and Sons series of American views designated among collectors as the "Circular Shell Border" series -- after the prominent arrangements of seashells decorating the flange of the plate.  The center scene is a view of the nineteenth century upstate New York tourist destination. Note the three little sight-seers at the top of the falls.  

Trenton Falls is actually the apex of a stretch of  West Canada Creek -- which over a course of some four miles has managed to carve the landscape into picturesque ravines, creating fantastic limestone formations along the way. The falls constitute the grand finale as they tumble down 312 feet in a succession of cascades over the last two miles.     

Ellouise Baker Larsen in American Historical Views on Staffordshire China  (no.37, p. 22) notes that several artists produced images of the locality, but none quite like the Wood's image.  J. Milbert's view, "Canada Creek Falls" (no. 32, Itineraire P:ittoresque du Fleuve Hudson, 1828-29) could have been used by Wood, although in Wood's view, the faces of the cliffs are more prominent.  Larsen points out that a drawing by W.J. Bennett with an 1835 New York publication date is also close to Wood's view -- although this is a bit late to be a source for Wood's series. 

Larsen notes that an excursion to Trenton Falls in the nineteenth century would have involved a three to four hour carriage ride form Utica.  She notes however that, with its wonderful cascades and limestone formations, the area was considered a must-see at the time.